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News reports on accusations that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz purposely brought down Flight 9525 over the French Alps have rushed to convict him. "Andreas Lubitz (27), the Amok Pilot," ran Friday's banner headline in Bild, Germany's most popular tabloid. "Killer in the Cockpit," screamed London's Daily Mail. The Independent went it one better: "Mass Murder from the Cockpit." Other tabloids offered more in that vein: "madman," "jilted pilot," "why on earth was he allowed to fly?" All because Marseilles prosecutor Brice Robin saw fit to announce that the co-pilot "wanted to destroy the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has disappeared. Well, not literally, but he hasn't been seen in public for a full week and reports about his schedule on the presidential website seem suspect. The Kremlin denies that he is ill, and the Russian...

The slain gunman suspected in the deadly Copenhagen attacks was a 22-year-old with a history of violence and may have been inspired by Islamic terrorists — and possibly the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, Danish authorities said Sunday.
Prime Minister...

GENEVA — Automotive executives are taking seriously the prospect that Apple and Google will emerge as competitors even as they consider partnering with the two.
"If these two companies intend to solely produce electric vehicles, it could go...

Apple CEO Tim Cook has been on tour, telling people who are worried about online privacy that he understands their angst.
"I feel very close to the Germans," he told the German tabloid Bild am Sonntag in an interview published Sunday....

In the overnight hours last week, authorities in Paris spotted unmanned drones buzzing the Eiffel Tower, the Bastille, the Place de la Concorde the U.S. Embassy and other high-profile landmarks.
Why? It's still a mystery.
But whatever the reason, this...

The Obama administration is weighing a new round of sanctions against Russia in response to its continued "land-grabbing" in eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire agreement, Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday.
Speaking to reporters in...

It's one minute to midnight for the euro. The standoff between Greece and its creditors, led by Germany, looks increasingly like it could lead to the first nation exiting the common currency. The new Greek government's suspension of state-asset sales...

Intense artillery exchanges between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists persisted Monday around a strategic town in eastern Ukraine — fighting that threatens to dash a cease-fire deal brokered by European leaders last week.
Under...

A cease-fire was declared in eastern Ukraine at a minute after midnight Sunday, kindling slender hopes of a reprieve from a conflict that has claimed more than 5,300 lives.
But within two hours of the cease-fire's scheduled start, the warring sides...

The peace deal reached Thursday for Ukraine, if it holds, would be a partial win for both Moscow and Kiev: Ukraine retains the separatist eastern regions and regains control of its border with Russia, while Russia holds strong leverage to keep Ukraine...

Fierce fighting surged Friday in eastern Ukraine as Russian-backed separatists mounted a major, sustained offensive to capture a strategic railway hub ahead of a weekend cease-fire deadline. At least 25 people were killed across the region, officials...

Samsung warns that its Web-connected TVs can collect private conversations. The announcement thwarted U.S. plans to give visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel a Samsung TV as a show of trust and friendship.
No one needs a TV that can track every...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is now an official party in talks to bring about a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, which marks a big shift from last September, when Moscow forced Ukraine to accept the pro-Russian rebels from Donetsk and Luhansk as...

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel rallied behind efforts to reach a long-shot diplomatic resolution to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine Monday, but they offered no clear path for how the West would proceed if talks this...

Ukraine's president pushed for both a quick cease-fire in his country's troubled east and defensive weapons from the West, as mediators sought momentum Saturday for a deal to stem the fighting at Europe's edge.
Petro Poroshenko and Russian President...

Ukraine's president pushed Saturday for a quick cease-fire in his country's troubled east, insisting that the conflict must be resolved and not "frozen," and pressed Kiev's case to be supplied with defensive weapons.
Petro Poroshenko spoke amid...

Talks among the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on a peace initiative for Ukraine ended early Saturday with an announcement that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart would discuss a proposal to end the fighting in a...

Carrying a peace plan that reportedly incorporates proposals from Russia, the leaders of Germany and France met Thursday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in a hastily arranged mission to bring an end to the accelerated fighting in the east of the...